Todd R. Weiss

Lenovo is engineering and building Google’s first Project Tango smartphone—which is slated to give users a wide range of 3D views and data about indoor physical locations, and is expected to be released later this year. The Project Tango smartphone initiative was announced by Johnny Lee, technical project lead for program, in a Jan. 7 […]

Apple has acquired emotion-detection startup Emotient as the company continues to invest in businesses in a wide range of niches to add to Apple’s features and technologies. The Emotient purchase, which Apple made quietly without announcing its terms or sale price, was reported Jan. 7 in The Wall Street Journal. Emotient provides data about customer […]

Samsung Takes the Wraps Off New 2-in-1, Notebook 9 Models and More Samsung’s announcements at CES included the TabPro S, a tablet and notebook; Notebook 9 models in two screen sizes; and upgrades to the Gear S2 smartwatch. The Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 The Galaxy TabPro S, which will be available in February, includes […]

Owners of Volvo cars and SUVs will now be able to give voice commands to their cars through a smartband and an updated Volvo app that will allow them to operate a range of functions on their vehicles before they even sit in the driver’s seat. The new voice command capabilities for the company’s existing […]

BlackBerry will run Android on its next two smartphone models in 2016, instead of its flagship BB10 mobile operating system, as it works to increase sales and find new energy in its hardware business. The move to Android over BlackBerry’s BB10 OS was revealed by the company’s CEO, John Chen, in an interview at CES […]

Samsung unveiled two new, fancier editions of its Gear S2 Classic smartwatch, this time encasing the devices in 18-karat rose gold or platinum finishes to give them distinctive looks aimed at fashion-conscious consumers. The new smartwatches, announced Jan. 6 at CES 2016, are slated for release in February, but prices have not yet been announced. […]

Samsung continues to expand its enterprise computer offerings with a new Galaxy TabPro S two-in-one tablet/notebook combination and a two new Notebook 9 models that feature screens in 15-inch or 13.3-inch sizes. The latest devices debuted Jan. 6 at CES 2016 in Las Vegas. The Galaxy TabPro S (pictured) is a premium tablet that runs […]

Oculus is now taking preorders for its $599 Oculus Rift virtual reality headsets, which will ship starting in May. The company unveiled the price and availability details for its long-awaited VR viewer on Jan. 6, after initially announcing in May 2015 that it would release a consumer version of the Rift in the first quarter […]

Acer Expands Notebook, Tablet, Chromebook Offerings at CES Included in the CES unveilings are the Aspire Switch 12 S 2 two-in-one notebook, a Chromebase with a 24-inch display and an improved 11-inch Chromebook. The Acer Aspire Switch 12 S Two-in-One Notebook The Aspire Switch 12 S includes a 12.5-inch display with the option for a […]

Faced by growing stocks of unsold iPhone 6 smartphones around the world, Apple is preparing to trim production of the devices by about 30 percent through March. The development, which is causing market drops in the shares of Apple and its suppliers, was revealed in a Jan. 6 report by business news source Nikkei. The […]